Two Thousand-Year-Old Earring Found in Jerusalem


	Two Thousand-Year-Old Earring Found in Jerusalem

arifsali

11-10-2008 4:03 PM

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archaeology, jewelry, jerusalem

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11-10-2008 7:15 PM

sahara

....and yet it looks like it could have been made yesterday, look at the great shape it's in, and the style too! Amazing!

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